Climbing Mount Sinai

Unforgettable climbing experience to the biblical mountain.
Can you imagine ever having stood on top of the world?
I did.
Can you imagine a place where
God spoke directly to Moses
and the people of Israel?
I was there.

By Emo Baer

Can you imagine ever having stood on top of the world?

I did.

Can you imagine a place where God spoke directly to Moses and the people of Israel?

Climbing Mount Sinai

I was there.

In the middle of the vast Sinai desert three black granite peaks rise above the wide sea of sand:

Early morning, still night,A bald monk dressed in a brown robeopens the inner gate with an enormous key to let us out, to ascend the holy mount.

At first, we go up a comfortable trailand passing by the miraculous place where Moses hit the rock,a mighty spring splashes out for the thirsty waiting crowd.

Later, steep steps chiseled in the hard granite Lead us to the top;A tiny chapel built of black rocks greets the heavy-breathing climbers.

The cool air refreshes like a calming spray.

I feel I stand on holy ground.

I can hear God speaking to the prophet; when I look down I see a gathered mass waiting for the enlightening message.

All the lower mountains, like giant sheep surround the mighty ram,where I stand.

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A frail light glimmers on the edge of the distant horizon,a silver lining flashing on the lower mountain chain.

A shining strip marks the rising sun –

Now more brightness lightens the vastness;A new day begins as a million years before.